The Filling Station Visitor Center invites the community to take part in a special series of amateur radio events as part of Route 66 On the Air 2025.

Licensed ham radio operator Vonnie Meritt (KE5RKC) will be on-site at the Filling Station at several times to connect with fellow operators along the Mother Road.

On Sunday, Sept. 7 at 7 a.m., Meritt will make live radio contact with her friend, pilot Bill Hartsell (W6Y), as part of the first-ever “Route 66 In the Air.”

Joy Keller Dye passed away peacefully Aug. 30, 2025, at St. Katharine’s in El Reno.

She was born Feb. 22, 1936, in Ryan, Oklahoma, to Leonard and Clemma Keller. She was a 1954 graduate of El Reno High School. 

Joy married Darrell Dye on Jan. 1, 1960.

She was a lifelong member of Trinity Baptist Church.

Joy was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her 16 siblings.

Joy is survived by her children, Carla (Ernie) Lanza, Jamie (Bob) Steinbruck, Curt (Angela) Dye and Steve (Tammy) Dye. 

MUNICIPAL COURT

Nathan Ryan Al-Mufleh, Yukon, speeding, $165.

Teresa Sara Ann Aguilar, Oklahoma City, speeding, $185.

Sandie June Uptain, El Reno, speeding, $175.

Mitchell Allen Harms, Yukon, speeding, $165.

Adam Lyle Cordes, Arapaho, speeding, $185.

Catherine Springer, El Reno, speeding, $175.

Curtis Deon Hawks, El Reno, dog at large, $145.

Lucian Dillian Gray, El Reno, dog at large, $145.

Henry Colson, El Reno, speeding, $165.

Brittany Michelle Mooney, Calumet, speeding, $165.

March 19, 1927 - August 20, 2025 

Our beautiful mother, Betty Durham Cunningham, age 98, passed away Aug. 20, 2025. A lifetime resident of Oklahoma, she lived in El Reno while pursuing her teacher certification and moved to Oklahoma City to accept a teaching position in 1959.

She taught and was a role model for elementary students in the Oklahoma City school system for nearly 30 years. 

Betty was the widow of Donald W. Cunningham, who died in the service of his country during the Korean Conflict.